Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie 1859-1946

On 6th August 1857 [her father] James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet [aged 27] and [her mother] Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [her grandfather] James Innes-Kerr 6th Duke Roxburghe [aged 41].

On 11th February 1859 Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie was born to James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet [aged 28] and Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr [aged 21].

On 10th April 1878 John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair [aged 29] and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie [aged 19] were married. He the son of John Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair [aged 59].

On 30th October 1878 [her father] James Grant-Suttie 6th Baronet [aged 48] died.

On 1st February 1879 [her son] John James Dalrymple 12th Earl of Stair was born to [her husband] John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair [aged 30] and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie [aged 19].

On 3rd December 1903 [her father-in-law] John Dalrymple 10th Earl of Stair [aged 84] died. His son [her husband] John [aged 55] succeeded 11th Earl of Stair.

In 1905 John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair [aged 56] and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie [aged 45] were divorced.

On 15th July 1905 Neil James Menzies 8th Baronet [aged 50] and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie [aged 46] were married.

On 1st June 1908 [her son-in-law] Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton [aged 27] and Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton were married. She the daughter of John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair [aged 59] and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie [aged 49]. He the son of George Montgomerie 15th Earl of Eglinton [aged 60].

On 16th October 1909 [her mother] Susan Harriet Innes-Kerr [aged 71] died. Her funeral was held on 21st October 1909 at Prestonpans Parish Church. All Prestonpans shops and businesses were closed from midday as a mark of respect, with residents of the town lining the streets as her funeral cortege passed by. Her body was then conveyed on a special train service to Dunbar [Map] where she was buried. The pallbearers at Dunbar included her sons-in-law, Sir Neil Menzies [aged 54], Bart-the second husband of her daughter Susan [aged 50] and George Smith, her grandson Viscount Dalrymple [aged 30], her nephew the Duke of Roxburghe [aged 33], plus Lord Charles Innes Ker [aged 66], Mr Robert Grant Suttie [aged 67], Lord Montgomerie and Mr John Russel carried her coffin from the station to the churchyard. In 1911 a plaque to her memory was unveiled at Prestonpans Parish Church.

On 21st December 1910 [her husband] Neil James Menzies 8th Baronet [aged 55] died.

On 2nd December 1914 [her former husband] John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair [aged 66] died. His son John [aged 35] succeeded 12th Earl of Stair.

In 1922 [her son-in-law] Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton [aged 41] and [her daughter] Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton were divorced.

On 9th February 1946 Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie [aged 86] died.

[her daughter] Beatrice Susan Dalrymple Countess Eglinton was born to John Dalrymple 11th Earl of Stair and Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie. She married (1) 1st June 1908 Archibald Montgomerie 16th Earl of Eglinton, son of George Montgomerie 15th Earl of Eglinton, and had issue.